EP2508639A4 - FINE GRAIN AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT SHAPING CHARACTERISTICS AND RESISTANCE TO CORRUGATED CORROSION CRACKING - Google Patents

FINE GRAIN AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT SHAPING CHARACTERISTICS AND RESISTANCE TO CORRUGATED CORROSION CRACKING

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Publication number: EP2508639A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: resistance; stainless steel; steel sheet; austenitic stainless; fine grain
Prior art date: 2009-12-01
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP10834432.6A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP2508639B1 (en

EP2508639A1 (en

Inventor

Masaharu Hatano

Eiichiro Ishimaru

Akihiko Takahashi

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Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corp

Original Assignee

Nippon Steel and Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp

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2009-12-01

Filing date

2010-09-29

Publication date

2014-08-13

2010-09-29 Application filed by Nippon Steel and Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp filed Critical Nippon Steel and Sumikin Stainless Steel Corp

2012-10-10 Publication of EP2508639A1 publication Critical patent/EP2508639A1/en

2014-08-13 Publication of EP2508639A4 publication Critical patent/EP2508639A4/en

2015-08-05 Application granted granted Critical

2015-08-05 Publication of EP2508639B1 publication Critical patent/EP2508639B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2030-09-29 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C38/00—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
- C22C38/02—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing silicon
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C38/00—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
- C22C38/18—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium
- C22C38/40—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel
- C22C38/58—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with more than 1.5% by weight of manganese
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D6/00—Heat treatment of ferrous alloys
- C21D6/004—Heat treatment of ferrous alloys containing Cr and Ni
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
- C21D9/46—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for sheet metals
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C38/00—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
- C22C38/001—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing N
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C38/00—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
- C22C38/04—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing manganese
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C38/00—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
- C22C38/18—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium
- C22C38/34—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with more than 1.5% by weight of silicon
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C38/00—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
- C22C38/18—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium
- C22C38/40—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel
- C22C38/42—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with copper
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D2211/00—Microstructure comprising significant phases
- C21D2211/001—Austenite

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EP10834432.6A 2009-12-01 2010-09-29 Fine grained austenitic stainless steel sheet exhibiting excellent stress corrosion cracking resistance and processability Active EP2508639B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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JP2009273868A JP5500960B2 (en)	2009-12-01	2009-12-01	Fine grain austenitic stainless steel sheet with excellent stress corrosion cracking resistance and workability
PCT/JP2010/066968 WO2011067979A1 (en)	2009-12-01	2010-09-29	Fine grained austenitic stainless steel sheet exhibiting excellent stress corrosion cracking resistance and processability

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EP2508639A4 true EP2508639A4 (en)	2014-08-13
EP2508639B1 EP2508639B1 (en)	2015-08-05

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JP (1)	JP5500960B2 (en)
KR (1)	KR101411703B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN102753717B (en)
ES (1)	ES2546412T3 (en)
WO (1)	WO2011067979A1 (en)

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